Culinary Creations from The Last Frontier

Month: August 2012

A few years ago in the beginning stages of my cooking and baking days, a friend gave me a jar of her homemade lemon curd. With it, I made some lemon bars with an almond and coconut crumble on top. In my memories, the bars were some of the greatest things I had ever baked–so … [Follow your taste buds…]

As I type, it is absolutely POURING rain outside. The clouds generally do not unleash their fury up here in the same way that they do in the midwest or northeast, but today is one of those days. (It gave me a good excuse to “take today off” from running.) Also, it literally turned from … [Follow your taste buds…]

The school year is finally upon us and I couldn’t be more excited about it–new students, new projects, new classes, new intensives, and…new baked goods to create for my coworkers! I was just as excited to see my colleagues on the first day back as I was to make something new for them to try. … [Follow your taste buds…]

Back in the earlier days of the blog, we made these delicious baked chicken flautas. They certainly were tasty. So much so that when my brother and sister invited us over for a Mexican fiesta, I wanted to remake them. It’s hard to believe, but this time around they were even better. We mixed the … [Follow your taste buds…]

Holy moley we’ve created something magical. The best of the Mexican food and vegetable worlds combined together. These little gems are incredible! So much so that I think I like them even better than traditional tacos. The squash “shell” is both buttery and hearty. Fill it with a spicy, smoky, and vegetable rich ground turkey … [Follow your taste buds…]

The school year has started and it is (sadly) beginning to feel like fall up here in the Last Frontier. I am more excited about my job this year than I have been in years. I feel that all of the graduate classes and other responsibilities over the past few years have left my professional … [Follow your taste buds…]

The Hungry Alaskan needs to be the Healthy Hungry Alaskan for a next few months to recover from this summer’s extreme gluttony (no exaggeration). We’ve eaten some of the best food on the planet and consumed an awful lot of really good wine while having an extraordinary time adventuring and celebrating with friends and family … [Follow your taste buds…]

Back in the early days of The Hungry Alaskan, which was just a very few months ago, I professed my undying love for brussels sprouts. Who would ever imagine that little tiny cabbages could be so delicious? I love them because they are equally “meaty” and fresh at the same time. Additionally, they are extraordinarily healthy … [Follow your taste buds…]

What to do with kale? What to do with kale? What to do with even more kale? This is always the question when a fresh, beautiful bunch of kale arrives in our Full Circle Farms box. We’ve tried making kale chips, which tasted like ash (literally, ash…no pun intended here. OK, maybe a little pun). … [Follow your taste buds…]

Holy cow. A lot has happened to this little blog in the last 24 hours. Not only did it get a facelift, but it entered the big leagues of food blogs–it has its own website now! I feel particularly smart and computer savvy after making these changes. Now let’s hope the food lives up to … [Follow your taste buds…]